Released American 80's Fullsize Series 2.1

Shtoorminator · Aug 16, 2017

The GTA modding community indeed created wide array of beatiful car mods with great detailing. I always thought that it would be awesome to see some BeamNG models in GTA and vice versa. Well... looks that my dreams are going to come true
Awesome work on merging the Caprice with Oldsmobile, SergentFido! And great teaser, I enjoyed it very much

JoNnii · Aug 16, 2017

I love the other Sedan pack already, but this here is such an epic thing to have. Call me a Fangirl, too. This is gonna be amazeballs.

Captain. Adam · Aug 16, 2017

This thread is full of amazing stuff Sergent, good job !

EruptionTyphlosion · Aug 16, 2017

SergentFido said: ↑

Now the caprice is not a secret anymore, this is the story and in depth explanation behing it. Why a Chevy caprice in an Oldsmobile mod ?

Well the reason it finally took this way of developpment, began with the interest of a GTA community member for my Oldsmobile cars.
While i was beginning to model vaguely a wagon, a nice guy send me PM to know if i would like the olds to be converted in GTA V mods.

I answered yes sure, but my issue was that my mod was maybe 70% oldsmobile and 30% Moonhawk, with the complete drivtrain and wheels borrowed to the car.
So it will be an issue to fix, and i wasn't sure to make that amount of work. No way to give the 3D files like that of course.

The guy didn't lost his enthousiasm and contacted a well know GTA modder, Carface80, who did plenty of mods and of course .... The Chevy Caprice.

First he did refused because too much mods to achieve, then finally he gave his contact to me, thinking "why not doing a porting and test the GTA V tuning abilities in the same time ?
(So this explanation begins with a good news : The Olds will be adaptated to GTA V. This is something that is really freaking me out)

In the same time i noticed that the Custom Cruiser Wagon, by looking more closely to photos, was finally just a Caprice Wagon with an Olds front end.
It had absolutly nothing in common with the Sedan, even the front fenders are specific and have to make the joint between caprice doors and oldsmobile Hood.

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So with Carface80 we spoke a lot on skype, he sent me his 3D files of all the Caprice, and then i started to think about a plan.

First i wanted to just adapt the Caprice Wagon to my needs, but very quick, as you may guess, the idea to get the Caprice as well was too strong.

Caprice and Delta 88 are very close cousins (they share the exact same B-body frame and drivetrain) , the Caprice is also an iconic movie car, with police variants. In some times the game will get a multiplayer mode for sure so having nice fullsize sedan to play is a big appeal, for video makers and so on...

And so in last november, this was planned :

- redo all the geometry of drivetrain to get rid of borrowed parts from the Moonhawk, so that the GTA V version will be possible, and improve the visual aspect of the BeamNG mod in the same time.
I mean making it look more accurate.
- put engines, drivetrain, and a lot of think in a common Folder, so that Caprice, Delta 88 will be different mods, but will share components.
- adapt Caprice sedan and wagon bodies, to get a working and common Wagon Body, and all the Caprice variants in the same time.

So from one evening idea that can work roughly in a few hours, you can't imagine how much work this needed to me.

Carface80 models are so beautifull and so well made it's a pleasure to handle them.

But despite that in reality, these cars are build on the same platform, in the virtual world what we have as a start is two mods, done by two different people.

The caprice body didn't fit at all, and a lot of time was involved into modifications, gentle and carefull selected scales, and lots of adjustments.
Also a GTA mod is not a BeamNG mod, parts are simplified underneath, so i had to fill the holes because of our game needs.

Okay, so after this long explanation, here some detailled screenshots to illustrate the result of what was done :

- Cars are sharing the same floor, frame and drivetrain, despite the Caprice is 10 centimenters shorter at front end :

drivetrain mesh are all new, i used an other Carface mod as mesh database, and adapted it to fit the jbeam. It's not exactly accurate to the real cars, but it's good looking, and makes GTA V adaptation possible. The Uvmap was completly redone to fit my textures use.

Floor is also a new mesh and texture, here is a before (your current version of the mod) and after :

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Same engine bay, innefenders are adaptated to fit the Caprice fenders :

The 454 big block Chevy engine is courtesy from Mythbuster, from the fleetwood Bounder mod, with textures and mesh adaptations by me.

So you can guess this engine, delivering 300 hp, is availabe as tuning part for both Oldsmobile and Chevy cars. As well as all Oldsmobile engine can be put on the Caprice.
This engine was really the missing part of the chain, so powerfull and also less spinning than the 550 hp custom one. A pleasure to drive !

In the process, it's not only the Caprice that needed an adaptation. The Olds needed too, because having my olds interior and dashboard to work in the Caprice Wagon, wasn't a simple think.
And no hackjob allowed here. So dashboard had changes (so fun to do when all is properly uvmapped) and as i thought Carface80 Caprice firewall was more accurate, i took it and adaptated on both cars, re-textured, and so on ...

Same goes with the wagons, because of course, there is a Caprice Wagon as well

i triend to respect rear end details, like the Olds rear bumper that differs from the Caprice one and is assorted to the front olds bumper.

Those are none woody version, both variant are availlable in dark woody or clear woody, and chrome stripping differs if wood is there or not, and also if the oldsmobile has cornering light or not on front fenders.

Work was to model and adapt inner doors and apply the oldsmobile texture on them :

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Also interior textures were improved, normal maps added, several colors like on the olds, gauges redone, added all the little alert lamps and had to find the proper documenation to make them, and so on ...

(this is an older screenshot, woodgrain is different now)

Well, this is a lot of writing, but can be interesting i hope to understand how long things can be when a mode becomes so big. The folder tree is now insane, i hope to be able to update it in 6 monthes if i leave alone. Or it will mute alone in something else, who knows.

Anyway, this gave me the feeling of having my own brand of cars and to manage all of them to work together.

EDIT for Fera : Of course all the new body variants are skinnable
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Ok then, I'll drop you a pm and we'll see what we can do.

Captain. Adam · Aug 16, 2017

Fera said: ↑

Ok then, I'll drop you a pm and we'll see what we can do.
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I thought you stopped viewing this forum Fera

SergentFido · Aug 16, 2017

Fera said: ↑

Ok then, I'll drop you a pm and we'll see what we can do.
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Yeah, i got your PM but i wasn't exactly "requesting" any skins in my answer. Just take your time and you will see if you want to do them or not.

If you read well, i just wrote : the caprice are skinnable. So basically it means that people will be able to make skins packs, if they are willing to (something tells me Qwerty9586 is already willing to do a cop pack but shhhhhhhh) and that i have on my side, eventually, already done skins.

synsol · Aug 16, 2017

...and now ladies and gentlemen's ...

SergentFido · Aug 16, 2017

.... The official trailer !

Some intense hours of work with my friend Crash Hard, and music done especially for the video by one of my very good friend Grégory Béal !
We hope you'll like it

Mitsubishi Super Great · Aug 16, 2017

SergentFido said: ↑

.... The official trailer !

Some intense hours of work with my friend Crash Hard, and music done especially for the video by one of my very good friend Grégory Béal !
We hope you'll like it

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I see a limo too

SergentFido · Aug 16, 2017

As far as you don't see a Dodge Aspen in the video, i'm fine with it

Ezo · Aug 16, 2017

SergentFido said: ↑

As far as you don't see a Dodge Aspen in the video, i'm fine with it
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There still many things to do in them or they are in bug finding stage, or close to release?

YellowRusty · Aug 16, 2017

SergentFido said: ↑

As far as you don't see a Dodge Aspen in the video, i'm fine with it
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Are you saying that you're happy that nobody has mistakenly seen a Dodge Aspen in the video ... Or are you saying that you're amused that nobody has caught on to the secret Dodge Aspen hidden in the video?

I wouldn't say this about any other modding team ... but it wouldn't surprise me if you guys snuck in a secret car without telling us!

Cytotoxin · Aug 16, 2017

В предвкушении потрясающего мода!)

YellowRusty · Aug 16, 2017

Allow me...

Cytotoxin said: ↑

В предвкушении потрясающего мода!)
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via Google Translate...

In anticipation of the stunning fashion!
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SergentFido · Aug 16, 2017

to YellowRusty>

Private joke to a guy that posted ten messages about unrelated Dodge Aspen here

Tesla66 · Aug 16, 2017

Is this going to become the new Moonhawk mod? Awesome! I want it!
Ford Crown Victorias are cool too...

XManic1995 · Aug 16, 2017

So amazing! Good working hard

I'm can't wait

KaiserimnopYT · Aug 16, 2017

SergentFido said: ↑

.... The official trailer !

Some intense hours of work with my friend Crash Hard, and music done especially for the video by one of my very good friend Grégory Béal !
We hope you'll like it

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Cant wait to have Time for see it

AwesomeRacer456 · Aug 16, 2017

So... either I was blind and didn't noticed this thread, or I was amazed by the caprice.
Either way, it looks very nice! Good work!

KKG Clan · Aug 16, 2017

Sooner all can have boaty chases !

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